Bell labs is an off shoot of a phone company, early computing was based on the efforts of phone companies. Phone companies, which ISPs are the modern variant are the original tech companies.
Edit to add:
Virgin maintains a fibre optic network so we aren't just talking about a sales front end to someone else's network.
Is an ISP not tech first?
Bell labs is an off shoot of a phone company, early computing was based on the efforts of phone companies. Phone companies, which ISPs are the modern variant are the original tech companies.
Edit to add: Virgin maintains a fibre optic network so we aren't just talking about a sales front end to someone else's network.